Huaigui

The smell was even worse as the incense hadn't dissipated. There was endless rummaging outside and the screams of the palace maids. Gao Qian half-lyed on the couch, holding a cup of tea and staring at the tea leaves that had been washed away.

When Gao Qian's cough finally subsided, and his face was not so excited, Lu Yi took out a secret letter from his arms: "I intercepted the letter that was to be sent to Hanzhang Palace a few days ago."

Gao Qian glanced at him: "What are you cutting it for?"

Lu Yi explained: "Your Majesty...he felt that you still had a private connection with Gao Jing, so he was afraid of making a mistake, so he ordered people to guard the sources of news leading to Hanzhang Hall, and the palace people also had his eyeliner on him. In the future, if you want to contact the outside of the palace, tell me, and I will do it for you."

Gao Qian drank the tea, stared at the little blood in the cup, and said for a long time: "You heard what I said to him just now."

"I heard."

"Then you still want to help me?"

Lu Yi lowered her eyes: "I heard you read those poems and books back then, and I remember the most profound thing is 'My heart is a stone, and I can't change it'. No matter what you think, I will always treat you as I said at the beginning, and I will never change it until I die. "

"Until death..." These four words made him breathless, "Lu Yi, I am not your beloved."

"If you hadn't saved me, I would have died outside the city of Moling. If the predecessors were able to repay their kindness, you should treat me as if I were...Leave others alone now, but I will always treat you ten times better."

Hearing the earnest words, Gao Qian's heart softened, and then his eyes turned sore, he fumbled for the envelope over and over again, picked it up and opened it.It was too difficult for him to respond, so he had to find something to separate himself from the drowning love, read the short letter at a glance, and handed it to Lu Yi: "Burn it."

Lu Yi responded, and looked at the flames by the candlelight beside him, licked the letter paper, and after it was turned into ashes, he asked, "Who is it?"

"Jing'er." Gao Qian didn't hide it from him, "He's still here, so don't worry. You can tell Gao Hong that Gao Jing is in Yinzhou, and he only has Lin Shang and the secret guards who ran away from Da Nei."

"I won't report on you!" Lu Yi was almost anxious.

Gao Qian nodded: "I'm just kidding you." He sat up straighter, his frailty disappeared, "Xiaojing met Helan Mingyue, earlier I guessed that if he survived by chance, it should be Going to the border is going to the old fiefdom of the King of Longxi. I didn't expect to say it casually, but it turned out to be true."

"Do you want to check Yinzhou City?"

Gao Qian said unexpectedly: "Can you prevent Gao Hong from finding out, and investigate to find out the truth?"

Lu Yi said, "Yes."

"Then check, since Helan Mingyue can take root in Yinzhou, he should not be the only one." Gao Qian thought for a moment, then asked, "I heard that Gao Hong wanted to invite Hua Mu to Beijing, did Hua Mu reply?"

"Not yet, he was very annoyed by this. He heard His Majesty talking with Murong Xun yesterday, and the swords and soldiers everywhere have not subsided yet. Empress Xu's former Bingzhou Army and the King of Qin are asking her for an explanation for burying the deposed emperor. But he If Gao Jing's body cannot be handed over, some people already suspect that he is not dead."

"It's been a few months, and I'm still not convinced..." Gao Qian smiled, "What's the use of attacking Rouran? You can ask Empress Xu to choose a place to talk to me someday. Avoid people."

Lu Yi was taken aback: "This...is not very polite, if someone sees it..."

Gao Qian interrupted him and said, "It's okay, you don't need to meet Empress Xu, just talk to her. These arrangements are not hidden from you, I always think she should know where the Pingcheng Bingfu is."

Before Lu Yi could say anything, the guard outside knocked on the door and said, "Commander Lu, Your Majesty has called you to go."

"Who is guarding?" Lu Yi asked loudly.

"The deputy commander of the imperial guards will change the guard with the commander soon."

"Go." Gao Qian took the initiative to pat his hand, but Lu Yi grabbed it.His eyes are deep, always with indescribable tenderness, Gao Qian is used to seeing this expression that will never appear on Lu Yi's face at other times, but he has never been so terrified like today.

Gao Qian couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?"

"Don't be afraid, wait for me to come back." After Lu Yi finished speaking, she picked up the saber on the table and turned to leave.

With the sound of closing the door, the ending of the sentence dissipated in the air.The Hanzhang Hall suddenly became a little cold, and the long-lasting hustle and bustle outside also became distant. This door seemed to separate another world.

Gao Qian looked at the silence in the room, and his already dead heart beat hard for a moment.

Zichen Hall, the place where the emperor received important ministers, Lu Yi asked to enter, and first saw a young figure from the back.

In the past, Yuan Zhuoer, the second son of the Grand Master, is now an official to the Minister of Zhongshu. Everyone in Luoyang City says that he is the only one who can be called "the spring breeze is proud of horseshoe disease", but no one knows that Yuan Zhuoer's prominence was exchanged for the decline of the entire Yuan family. Come.Someone entered, Yuan Zhuoer bowed to Lu Yi and said, "Master Commander."

Lu Yi said she didn't dare, she fell to her knees and said, "Why did Your Majesty call your ministers here?"

He has never been very disciplined in front of Gao Hong, but fortunately Gao Hong has always thought that he is loyal enough to avoid these red tapes: "Zhen and Yuan Shilang received a tip that the northwest is not peaceful."

Lu Yi said "Yes", Gao Hong saw his indifferent attitude, and said, "Hua Mu resisted the order."

The name of the person whom Gao Qian had mentioned just now appeared, and every move of this person could almost involve the obscure court situation.But Lu Yi still lowered her eyelids: "Did your majesty's minister kill him secretly?"

"Look, I just said that he would definitely answer like this!" Gao Hong smiled, pointed to Lu Yi and said to Yuan Zhuoer, "Lord Xiao Yuan wants me to get rid of my cronies, but I don't think Lu Yi will do it anyway. Disappointing."

Yuan Zhuoer pleaded guilty: "This minister thinks too much."

Gao Hong said proudly: "Lu Yi first came to Luoyang when he was young, and I gave him a way to survive. Since then, he has been in the palace, and he has not changed his original intention for decades. Such a loyal servant, there is no need to doubt him. Lord Xiao Yuan I thought that someone in the palace had cheated on foreign ministers, and I would order him to investigate again, and the truth must come to light."

"Yes, Your Majesty has learned from you." Yuan Zhuoer said, "But Hua Mu suddenly resisted the order, there is always a reason for it."

Gao Hong's expression became a little gloomy: "Although I guessed that he might refuse to enter Beijing, I never thought that I would make a decision so soon... The previous backup strategy will come in handy, Lu Yi?"

"exist."

"Send two teams. One team will secretly go to Suzhou to detain Hua Mu in the mansion. If there is nothing wrong with him, take him to Beijing. If he really finds out any clues, he will report back immediately, and at the same time cause an accidental violent death. The other team will go south to find Gao Jing's trace." After Gao Hong finished speaking, seeing Lu Yi's surprised expression, he said, "Going south to the checkpoint is easy to avoid, he might go to seek refuge with Li Huan."

Yuan Zhuoer asked, "Is there a relationship between Emperor Fei and Li Huan?"

Gao Hong said: "It's not related to your sister-in-law. Li Huan's affair with Mr. Gao Le was spread all over Ziwei City, and he immediately abandoned Mr. Gao Le. This idea is Gao Jing's handwriting."

Yuan Zhuoer was horrified, but Lu Yi was not surprised: "Your Majesty, I will do it now, and I will leave."

"I've always been at ease when you do things." Gao Hong added meaningfully, "Don't let me down this time..."

Watching Lu Yi leave, Yuan Zhuoer was still puzzled: "Your Majesty, isn't he afraid that Commander Lu will secretly deliver a message?"

"The shadow guards are my eyeliner. If Lu Yi makes any moves, he can't hide it." Gao Hong smiled, "He is a foreigner, has few confidants, and is illiterate. What kind of trouble can he cause?"

Yuan Zhuor realized: "Your Majesty is wise."

In autumn, when the westerly wind blows, the city is full of sweet-scented osmanthus.

The undercurrents in the four fields seemed to be urgently ignited, and the singing and dancing in the capital was peaceful. Lu Yi walked out of the Zichen Palace and looked at the palace people who arranged the banquet not far away, slightly lost in thought.

Autumn in the Central Plains is getting stronger, and the sky is covered with frost and snow thousands of miles away.

In the courtyard, Helan Mingyue was beating with the carpenter with a small hammer. He couldn't hear Li Ciyuan walking around vigorously beside him, concentrating on the matter at hand.

Li Ciyuan finally couldn't bear it after several back and forth: "What are you doing again!"

"You'll know when it's done." He Lan Mingyue carefully inserted the nails, and finally felt the smooth surface with his hands.He couldn't bear Li Ciyuan's murderous stare, and raised his head: "Say what you have to say."

"I don't agree with you taking the Yinzhou group of people to take risks!" Li Ciyuan said seriously, not surprised to see He Lanmingyue's expression, he emphasized his tone, "Take in the deposed emperor without saying a word, now people come and go mixed with fish and dragons Everything is there, if the news is leaked and Beijing finds out, everyone will be accused of treason!"

"Then don't agree to follow me." He Lan Mingyue said, "I didn't intend to rebel, so you never thought about why I agreed to him? Don't I know the difference between the enemy and us, and I'm tired of working?"

Li Ciyuan was taken aback.

A few nights ago, Helan Mingyue suddenly came to him and said that he had something to discuss with him, and together they found out the real identity of the cripple in the courtyard, Li Ciyuan almost jumped three feet high on the spot.Immediately afterwards, He Lan Mingyue briefly informed him about the cooperation with Gao Jing, and Li Ciyuan was so upset that he hadn't digested it until now.

From his simple point of view, He Lanmingyue wanted the Escort Bureau to practice with the militia, and formed an alliance with Gao Jing, but the cripple couldn't hide his desire to reset.They are too weak to win.

As for why He Lan Mingyue made such a decision with a feverish head, Li Ciyuan really didn't think about it.

He calmed down and sat down on the steps in silence: "You explain."

"Gao Jing is not ignorant. It's not a coincidence that he found Yinzhou. He aimed at our side early in the morning. Maybe he can do something." There are at least three armies besieging Luoyang from east, west, north and east. When Gao Hong flees south, Li's hatred for Gao will also take advantage of the momentum. He thought that only a hundred steps away, only Gao Jing is not proficient in marching and fighting, so he came to ask for help. us."

He Lan Mingyue said "we", but Li Ciyuan was not fooled: "You want to help him?"

"I want to know why my father died. The secret is hidden in Mei Gong's body and in the palace, but I can't go now. If I want to find out the ins and outs, I must rely on Gao Jing."

Li Ciyuan was startled and said: "What? There is something else hidden about the cause of the commander's death?"

Helan Mingyue glanced, the window was half open, Gao Jing could hear the conversation outside, he lowered his voice a little: "The past few years... Do you want to listen to him talk?"

Li Ciyuan had always had a bad mood towards the imperial family. The first emperor was still in fashion and he called out "dog emperors". He was stunned and then indignant that there was a real deposed emperor under his nose.He said gruffly to He Lanmingyue, "Let me think about it", Li Ciyuan turned around and left the courtyard.

"Fourth Uncle!" He Lan Mingyue shouted, seeing his back paused, "I will agree for you, you won't be angry, will you?"

This sentence directly hit the sore spot, and Li Ciyuan roared without looking back: "Be as virtuous as your father, cut first and play later! Damn it! There is no good thing in the Gao family!"

He scolded freely, He Lan Mingyue stood in the courtyard, but smiled unconsciously.When Li Ciyuan completely disappeared from sight, He Lanmingyue knelt again in the wood debris all over the floor, and continued to beat.

In the courtyard, the window opposite the bedroom was half open from beginning to end.

A few days later, at night, Li Ciyuan finally agreed to have an interview with Gao Jing.The person was brought by Helan Mingyue, and Li Queshuang was also there, playing with a wooden sword boredly.

Li Ciyuan frowned when he saw the way he led people, Gao Jing pushed He Lanmingyue away.He was inconvenient to move, so he humbly saluted Li Ciyuan as a junior: "I have long respected General Zhenwei."

Li Ciyuan raised his eyebrows and said, "Where is the general here?"

Gao Jing said with a smile: "In the past, I heard that the four lieutenants in the Western Army were all versatile in literature and military affairs. It is the luck of the younger generation to meet them today. The younger generation can live here thanks to the fact that they don't dislike them these days. I haven’t had time to say thank you in the future.”

He put his posture extremely low, without the arrogant airs of the royal family at all.In addition, his pale face, shivering from the cold is also quite different from Li Ciyuan's imagination of "no good thing". He has neither blue face nor fangs, nor jewels. He is an ordinary sick and weak young man.

Even though he had scolded the eighteen generations of Gao Jing's ancestors secretly, Li Ciyuan couldn't help feeling a little sympathetic when he saw his disfigured legs, but he insisted: "Stop these sweet words, Mingyue was deceived by you gone."

The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. Gao Jing's expression immediately became complicated.

He Lan Mingyue took a sip of tea in embarrassment: "Fourth Uncle, get down to business."

"That's fine, you said that the cause of the commander's death is something else?" Li Ciyuan folded his arms and said solemnly, "You say, if you really can clear up the grievances for him and the Western Army, I will help you, and I will do anything; but If you just use my comrades in arms, regardless of whether you are the deposed emperor or the former prince, you will all be killed to comfort the old man!"

The words were full of threats, and there was a hint of blood, Lin Shang unconsciously grasped the knife.

Gao Jing raised his hand to let him relax, and wrapped the teacup in his palm: "Sitianjian has a Jiazi and a divination. Last time, he said that Zhong Rouran retreated north. This time it is said that Ziwei is about to fall. Ziwei is the emperor star, and by coincidence Yes, my elder brother was supposed to be the crown prince but died in the water, so my father completely believed it."

The bright moon rises from the western mountain, and Ziwei falls into the sky.

He Lan knew about it, and understood that this was the origin of the rift between the emperor and his father's clan.His birth became the emperor's heart disease, and he didn't let it go until he finally saw the knife piercing his chest.

Bringing up the old story again, He Lanmingyue smiled mockingly. Before he could speak, Gao Jing suddenly grabbed his hand and cut off the conversation: "Before the father died, I asked him if he regretted killing the son of the deceased for prophecy. He said , all the old friends and relatives are as light as a feather compared with Daning Qianqiu Foundation."

Helan Mingyue's throat moved slightly, the knuckles of the hand holding her turned white, Li Ciyuan snorted softly, Gao Jing looked at him, his expression was still calm: "But things just happened to turn around."

"Shortly after I ascended the throne, an old Taoist who claimed to be the Sitian Supervisor and Commander came to the imperial city to have an audience. Regarding the Sitianjian and the others, my father did not leave me any clues. Like the court, I think that after he got the ominous prophecy, he died. Killed and silenced." Gao Jing's heart fluctuated slightly, "The Taoist brought the engraved copy of the astrolabe from that year, and he left after giving it to me. After a while, I heard news of him again, and he died."

"Is there a difference in the astrolabe?"

After a moment of silence, Gao Jing winked at Lin Shang.From the back of the opponent's waist, he took out a cylinder that he had brought since the beginning, and when he opened it, what came out of it was a half-used scroll.

The old paper was yellowish with the passage of time, Lin Shang carefully spread it out, and the complicated sky on it was presented in front of everyone.Few people understand the astrolabe, Helan Mingyue was just confused, Gao Jing saw through his expression, held his hand and looked down a little.Following this movement, the scrolls were spread out, revealing without a doubt.

In the lower right corner of the scroll, two lines of small characters are displayed.

The strokes in the flowing water vaguely reveal the spirit of immortality, but it is not the "ten characters" mentioned by the late emperor, and the number has clearly doubled!

Li Ciyuan's complexion changed, and He Lanmingyue read out slowly: "The mist in the southeast is fixed, the emperor lost his position...Ziwei came out of Hexi, and the bright moon shines on Baicheng. This is...is this the astrolabe at that time?"

"That's right, someone changed Si Tianjian's divination results."

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Ah, there will be a lot of place names later, and relatives and friends have also mentioned that it would be confusing. You can mention the naming features first.

Beiting/Longyou: Dudufu, subordinate to several states, equivalent to a small feudal town.

Yinzhou/Suzhou/Bingzhou/Cangzhou: Administer multiple towns and have their own permanent army.The sum of the permanent troops of all states is the military force of a Dudufu.

In addition, cities with cities (such as Pingcheng/Longcheng) are relatively important towns in the worldview of this article.

I hope it can give you a good impression w.

Then I rarely set the plot just because of what other people said, unless it is particularly one-sided, I will not take it to my heart, and I will not change the direction of the plot.Please believe that I am sincerely completing this immature article, and it would be my honor to read all of it.After I finish writing, read the previous description. If there is still something that is very angry or unacceptable, I will definitely not fight back if I scold with reason and evidence.